Spain is famous for its sunny, fun-filled beach holidays and few might know that winter sports are also practiced here. The ski resort of Baqueira-Beret located in the heart of the Pyrenees, in the Aran Valley and Àneu ValleyLleida provides all the facilities for fun-filled Spanish ski holiday. We spent five days here in February 2016 and truly enjoyed it. One can reach by car from Barcelona or Toulouse, France. The area is rural and extremely charming. Spanish and French are spoken here, as well as some English …

(Mid-February – good time to experience minus temperatures and snow)

This time the journey takes us toMoscow and Sochi– two cities quite different in what they can offer to tourists…

Moscow

Who doesn’t know something about Moscow already?

Moscow’s changing and growing at the same time… Numerous building projects can be seen while driving from Sheremetievo airport, through suburbs of Moscow to its central district. The streets are snow and ice-free, despite the recent snowfall and traffic seemed normal. The temperature was – 5 ⁰C, which in the following three days reached – 11⁰C … brrrr

We arrived at Petrovka Street, which is one of the oldest in Moscow and derives its name from the Vysoko-Petrovsky monastery located here. Some of the other famous buildings on that street are: